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  • WeatherproofMonkey
    5·
    2 years ago

    I used to work in a design oriented industry and yes it was very common to comment on / receive comments on the appearance (clothing, hair, glasses, shoes etc). My last job was full of engineers and a lot of male, and nobody seems to care what you look like. My current job has a lot of female in the office and they do tend to notice more and do make comments on what each other’s wearing.

    I usually just say thanks and compliment on something they wear/ have and then move on. It’s almost like “morning, how are you?” Type of small talk.

    • Waddlekins
      5·
      2 years ago

      Same, i mean i dont work in design but its standard to make small talk so outfits is one subject to make small talk about ___

      • stardustingss
        3·
        2 years ago

        My brain struggles so much with small talk this is probably what it is! I will have to come up with some standard responses 🥲

    • stardustingss
      3·
      2 years ago

      That makes a lot of sense! I don’t mind commentary and discussion on clothes I guess, it’s just the way some people say it. Sometimes it feels more judgemental and I’m sensitive to it. But a favourite tactic of my bullies at high school was to “compliment” or take a tone like they were “innocently commenting on” something about what I was wearing or how I looked but they meant it as an insult 🙄 I think I just have an over sensitive anxiety response to such things now. I’ll try to get more used to it!!